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Michael, As for the wiring, you can purchase a reproduction wiring harness custom made for your car. Click the "Vendors" link to the left ...
Your car originally had a single master cylinder. If it had power brakes, it originally had the very scarce 1 year only Kelsey Hayes unit. Thanks St...
Michael - The entire harness was removed from the car. Every wire was labeled as to where it connected. The shop manual has a schematic that you can ...
My preference, and what I'm doing with my 55, is to leave it as a 6V system. But due to the fact that all the wiring is cloth-type and a lot of it is ...
... snip ... I started this database last year with only 6 cars, and now we are well over 20! Jessica sandstrom.jessica@yahoo.com Only 480 to go
The above posts contain a wealth of information related to the 1955 Desoto Coronado which may answer some of new owner, Michael Kimball's questions. ...
Got some pictures of the data plate for the Coronado and from them was able to decipher most of it: Model: TP Body: 45 Paint: 431 Trim: 477 Sched.: 1...
If that's a '49, it's a 1st series car, and is very similar to the '46-48 models. There was a mid-year change to the 2nd series cars. Not a super te...
...(snip)... The Coronado was the only way you could get a '55 DeSoto with tri-tone paint and you could order it with the colors flip flopped around, ...
. . . . I'm on my way out tomorrow to look at a 48 sedan in the hopes that some of the upholstery is salvageable and suitable for the Coronado. . . ....
Here's one for Mike McAndrews Hmmm. It may still need to be tweaked. When I saved it it was under 6Kb, now it is over 6. It may not upload as...
As if one isn't enough, I think I'm about to do something else stupid. I'm on my way out tomorrow to look at a 48 sedan in the hopes that some of the ...
I think I managed to enable avatars last night, but I ran out of time to create one for myself before I announced my latest victory. Maybe you can ge...